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No. 588,269. Patented Aug. 17,1897.

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UNITED TATES ATENT FFICE.

CHARLES WRIGHT DAVISON, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO THE DAVISON BOTTLE SEAL COMPANY, OF MINNESOTA. U I

SEAL Foe BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 588,269, dated August17, 1897.

' Application filed December 29,1896. Serial No. 617,320. (No model.)

To'a ll whom it may concern: gotten at to'be removed without breakingit.Be it known that I, CHARLES WRIGHT DA- This sealG is preferably made ofglass, though VISON, ofMinneapolis, I-Iennepin county,Minother materialsmay be substituted. It is nesota, have invented a certain new andImprimarily a thin easily-breakable part, par- 55 proved Seal forBottles, of which'the followticularly its top, which bears a mark 8,correing is a specification. sponding or correlative to that on thebottle. I My invention relates to that class of bottle- Both marks mustbe on the package as a seals which if broken or removed from theguarantee ofits genuinenes's. If eithermark bottle show that the samehas been tampered is absent or' mutilated, the inference is that 60 withto such an extent that the purchaser fraud is intended.

cannot be satisfied that the, bottle has in it The sides of the seal maybe frangible or its original contents, and therefore will ac not and areprovided with an internal shoulcept only bottles that have perfect sealsand der, recess, or groove 9, preferably annular, trade-marks. but notnecessarily so. Beneath the shoul- 65 I 5 The object of my invention isto provide a der I preferably provide the inclined or taseal of thisclass which will bevery cheap to pered surface 10, so that the seal maybe make, which may be used in anybottle with an easily pushed down andsnapped into place ordinary neck, and which will prevent the reover thelock which is on the cork. moval of the cork until the seal is so brokenThe locking device shown in Fig. 1 com- 70 and shattered as to prohibitthe use thereof prises one or two spring wires or hooks 11, asecondtime, though the bottle maybe used at the lower end of which are theeyes 12 to any number of times. admit the shank of the little corkscrew13. My invention consists in the combination, The corkscrew is setfirmly into the cork and with the neck, ofacork therein, a thin breakthus secures the springs 11; These springs 75 able seal of glass or likematerial arranged in engage the shoulder of the seal when it is saidneck above the cork, and means in conpushed down. nection with the corkto engage said seal and This seal is designed for non-effervescent holdthe samein place, said means being acliquids; but, if desired, the wholeseal may 'cessible and the cork removable only when or be wired, as anordinary cork is secured. 8o after said seal is broken or removed; andthe Instead of making the lock in two or three invention furtherconsists in particular conparts the locking portion maybe integral withstructions and combinations of parts, all as the corkscrew, as shown inFigs. 2, 3, and 4. hereinafter described, and pointed out in the Fig. 2shows a spring-ring 15, formed on claims. the upper end of thecorkscrew-shank 13 and 85 3 5 The invention will be more readilyunderadapted to snap out over the shoulder 9 in the stood by referenceto the accompanying drawseal when the same is put in place. After ings,in whichthe seal is broken the ring may be used to Figure 1 is a partialsection ofa bottlewith draw the cork. 7 a seal embodying my invention.Fig. 2 is a A still simpler form of lock is illustrated in 90 4osectional View showing a' modified form of Figs. 3 aud t. The samecomprises the lower the locking device. Fig. dis a similar view screwend, a straight shank, and a turned or of still another locking device,and Fig. 4 is curved upper end to engage the seal or cap. a perspectiveView of the look by itself. Various modifications of the interior formAs shown in Fig. 1, the bottle 2 is provided of the seal and of thelocking device will sug- 5 with a trade-mark orother designating or gestthemselves to one skilled in the art, and

qualifying character, by which the contents therefore, while preferringan annular interof the bottle is known or the name of the nal shoulderin the seal or cap and the intemaker advertised. The neck 4 of thebottle gral corkscrew and lock used in the cork, I do is sufficientlylong to take in not only the not confine my invention to any of thespecific I00 cork 5, but also the seal 6, which last is proconstructionsherein shown and described.

tected by the end of the neck and cannot be Having thus described myinvention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combinationwith a bottle-neck of a cork provided therein, a hollowinternallyshouldered frangible seal, provided in the neck over said corkand means arranged in connection with the cork and the shoulder of theseal to secure said seal in place, substantially as described.

2. The combination with the neck of the bottle of aninternally-shouldered hollow seal or cap, having a thin,easily-breakable top, and a locking device arranged Within the seal andin the cork, engaging the shoulder of said seal, substantially asdescribed.

3. The combination of the bottle bearing a suitable mark or design of acork provided in the neck of said bottle, an internally-shouldered capor seal, also, arranged in the neck of the bottle, over the cork, meansin connection with the cork for securing said seal, and said seal havinga thin or paneled top, bearing a suitable trade-mark or design, known asan accompaniment to that upon the bottle, said cork being removable fromthe bottle only when or after the top of said seal is broken orshattered to destroy the mark thereon, substantially as described.

l. The combination with the bottle-neck of the cork therein, aninternally shouldered or recessed hollow cap or seal, and a corkscrewand lock on the cork to secure said seal, substantially as described.

5. The combination with the bottle of a cork provided in the neckthereof, a hollow and easily-breakable cap or seal, and a corkscrew insaid cork and having an upwardlyprojecting and integral part to securesaid cap or seal, substantially as described.

6. As an article of manufacture, the bottle cap or seal having a thin orpaneled top and an internal shoulder and made of frangible materialsubstantially as and for the purpose described.

7. As an article of man ufactu re, the lock for bottle-seals comprisingthe corkscrew, having a shank with a turned or bent upper end,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day ofNovember, A. D. 1896.

CHARLES XVRIGIIT DAVISON.

In presence of- B. N. DUNBAR, A. 0. PAUL.

